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Hounds for Heroes is at a defining moment in the eveolution of the organisaation. We are seeking a strategic leader who can bring clarity of thought and a fresh perspective to explore a range of strtaegic options to ensure we are positioned for a sustainable poistive future.

Hounds for Heroes is a national charity, based near Petersfield, Hampshire, which provides specially trained assistance dogs to people who have served or are serving in either HM Armed Forces or the Emergency Services,and who have become physically disabled through illness or injury. Their disability does not need to be related to their time in service. The Charity aims to provide help and practical support leading to an enhanced quality of life – more details can be found on our website

The Charity has grown steadily since its foundation in 2010 and we are at a defining moment in our organisation’s evolution — an inflection point where our track record of impact meets a future of untapped opportunity. The Board is actively exploring a range of strategic options to ensure we are positioned for sustainable growth and lasting change.

We are seeking a visionary, strategic leader who can bring clarity of thought, fresh perspective, and the ability to guide an organisation through change. You will work closely with our Board, and leadership team to help shape and deliver the strategy that will take us into our next chapter.

Success in this role will require:

• Proven ability to think strategically and navigate complex decision-making.
• Skill in building strong relationships and aligning diverse stakeholders behind a shared vision.
• The leadership presence to both honour the organisation’s founding spirit and adapt it for future needs.
• Strong operational management to ensure the Charity has the organisational structure, capabilities and processes to meet key objectives

This is a rare opportunity to lead a much-loved charity at a moment of real possibility, helping to define its direction and set it on a path to greater reach, resilience, and impact.

For further information on the role please refer to the detailed job description attached.

The role is predominantly workplace based although some flexibility/hybrid working is acceptable, therefore being within a reasonable commuting distance to the Charity’s HQ near Petersfield, Hampshire would be an advantage

Closing date: Friday 12th September

Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Director of Income Generation & Marketing will lead the design and delivery of an ambitious, innovative, and sustainable income generation and marketing strategy. This role is responsible for significantly growing Muslim Aid’s financial resources, enhancing its brand presence in the UK and internationally, and expanding its footprint in new and emerging economic markets, ensuring all activity is firmly aligned to Muslim Aid’s mission and values.

The Director will drive high impact fundraising initiatives across multiple channels, working closely with Country Directors, global teams, and other SLT colleagues to unlock new funding opportunities, diversity income streams and maximise donor engagement. They will cultivate strategic partnerships with corporate, institutional, and philanthropic stakeholders, while ensuring the highest standards of compliance, governance, and ethical fundraising practice.

This is a result driven leadership role, accountable for delivering measurable income growth, strengthening market positioning, building and developing a high performing team, and ensuring Muslim Aid’s brand and fundraising activities are aligned with organisational priorities and global impact goals.

About the Role:

1. Lead the development and delivery of a bold, multi-channel income generation strategy planning philanthropy, digital, institutional, corporate, and brand led campaigns that drives ambitious, measurable growth and long-term sustainability.
2. Provide strategic oversight of all fundraising activities, ensuring quality, compliance, and consistency with global standards, organisational policies, and ethical fundraising practices.
3. Lead the design and delivery of innovative, results-driven fundraising campaigns across public, major donors, institutional, corporate, volunteer, and digital channels, ensuring measurable growth and strong return on investment.
4. Provide strategic leadership in cultivating, creating, and establishing high-value relationships with individuals, foundations, corporates, and institutions, ensuring alignment with Muslim Aid’s values and long-term organisational priorities.
5. Provide strategic leadership to the Income Generation & Marketing team, building a high performing, motivated, and accountable workforce.
6. Lead the development and management of multiple departmental budgets, including financial planning, resource allocation, forecasting, invoicing, and payment processing, ensuring optimal use of funds aligned with organisational financial goals.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Degree or higher in Business Administration, Marketing, Fundraising, or a related field.
2. Extensive senior level experience leading fundraising and income generation in a nonprofit or international development context.
3. Proven track record of designing and delivering multi-channel fundraising strategies that drive significant income growth.
4. Deep knowledge of institutional fundraising, major donor, corporate partnerships, digital fundraising, and philanthropic sectors.
5. Exceptional leadership skills, with ability to inspire, develop, and manage high-performing teams.
6. Outstanding communication, negotiation, and influencing skills across diverse stakeholders and cultures.

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as the Director of Income Generation & Marketing and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our fundraising and brand presence on a global scale. This is a unique opportunity to design and deliver an ambitious strategy that will drive sustainable income growth, diversify revenue streams, and expand Muslim Aid’s reach into new and emerging markets. You’ll lead innovative fundraising initiatives across multiple channels, build high-value partnerships with corporate, institutional, and philanthropic stakeholders, and ensure our marketing activities elevate Muslim Aid’s visibility and impact. If you’re ready to deliver measurable results, expand global opportunities, and help secure the resources needed to transform lives and communities in need, apply now to be at the forefront of our mission.

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 Privilege days
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL) 
• Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV.

About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role
We’re looking for a social media and community manager to join our digital engagement team. 
This is an exciting time to join the charity as it launches its new five-year strategy this autumn to supercharge our efforts to transform the lives of anyone affected by breast cancer.

You’ll lead our organic social media channels, planning content, providing channel expertise and delivering our social media strategy. You’ll continue to grow our peer-to-peer support forum, working together with our volunteer community champion moderators to ensure it remains a safe and supportive space for those affected by breast cancer.

Working collaboratively with leads across our other communications teams, you’ll be a key part of aligning our owned, earned, shared and paid channels to drive consistency and effectiveness of our key messaging, all while building highly engaged communities to support our activity across fundraising, campaigning and service delivery.

About you 
You’ll be passionate about social media, closely following the latest platform trends and updates, and experienced at planning engaging content and supporting communities online.
You’ll understand the importance of consistency with a keen eye for detail. You’ll be a collaborative leader, working cross-organisationally to creatively communicate our key messages, tell stories, and support teams to get the most from our channels and audiences.  

Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
 

Primary location of role and hybrid working 
This role is primarily based in either our London or Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying 
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement online. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date 
9am on Friday 29th August 2025 
Interview date 
Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September 2025

We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.

Are you an experienced leader in Housing with a strong commitment to supporting Tenancy Sustainment?

We have an exciting opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group (SNG) as Head of Tenancy Sustainment. You'll take the lead in developing SNG's vision to have a positive and lasting impact on customers lives, offering them clear support and engagement services as they are needed, through the duration of their tenancy.

With offices across our geography including Basingstoke, Bristol, Christchurch, Exeter, Newbury, Wembley and Hertford, we can be flexible on your base location. You'll combine office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance, with some travel being required across our geography.

SNG provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across the South, West and East of England, including London, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year. Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life - and our vision is thriving communities, over generations.

The Role

Reporting into our Customer and Neighbourhood Director, you'll be responsible for the development of strategies, policies and procedures relating to all tenancy sustainment activities. Being a specialist in this field, you'll also scan the horizon to identify potential significant changes in external policy and financial landscape, introducing best practice from other organisations and sectors.

You'll be the main point of contact internally for all matters relating to tenancy sustainment, working collaboratively across the business to ensure that consistent best practices are embedded within Locality teams and the wider business. Externally, you'll represent SNG and our commitment and vision in tenancy sustainment – influencing and working alongside key external stakeholders and delivery partners, building relationships aligned to our corporate and customer strategies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with internal and external stakeholders to provide and source expert advice, and manage the development of services, to ensure SNG meets its commitments, monitors its performance and evidences its delivery relating to regulatory obligations, changing regulations, guidance and best practice
• Developing and leading a stakeholder management plan across local, regional and national government bodies responsible for the delivery to specialist areas
• Piloting partnerships with other services to enhance the provision of support to SNG's customers and developing funding solutions to provide support to core budgets
• Managing large complex annual budgets, ensuring appropriate monitoring of expenditure and compliance with procedures and levels of approval
• Ensuring that the appropriate training and development programs for Locality teams are in place across a range of areas, including domestic abuse, safeguarding and ASB
• Leading on all strategic and operational elements of service development across localities; proactively involving customers through engagement and scrutiny, to help shape and facilitate the co-creation of the service as required  
• Articulating a clear vision, providing direction, and promoting a culture of accountability, high performance, and continuous improvement

What we need from you

Ideally you should have previous experience in a similar senior role, with strong experience and knowledge of the latest requirements for housing providers across tenancy sustainment.  You'll also need:

• Excellent demonstrable knowledge of programme development and performance improvement in a customer focussed environment
• Ability to plan, track and forecast income and expenditure against relevant budgets, to deliver a value for money service whilst taking actions to mitigate any risks
• Evidence of delivering on innovative concepts, utilising future changes in policy to support flexibility in a responsive organisation
• Experience of promoting an organisation at a regional and national level to raise the profile of the business
• Ability to inspire, support and develop others to optimise their performance
• Track record of meeting deadlines and working effectively with others in a complex and dynamic environment
• To have strong people skills and be an effective communicator, able to influence and challenge
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite with intermediate or advanced excel skills
• Membership of a professional body – CIH

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including: 

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional Wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary 
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!

Main purpose of post
This is a senior role within the Fundraising team, responsible for driving forward
Weston Park Cancer Charity’s income generation strategy across key fundraising
channels, particularly within community fundraising, donor development, and
community partnerships. Working with the Head of Fundraising and community
fundraising team, you will lead the design and delivery of an ambitious and
creative community fundraising programme.
You will be responsible for managing a small, dedicated team of three, ensuring
high performance, innovation, and supporter-focused approaches that help us
grow our impact across the region.
This role combines strategic planning with hands-on delivery, ensuring that we
meet community income generation plans to achieve and exceed annual targets
currently c. £800k per annum.

Key Responsibilities
Fundraising:
 Lead and deliver an ambitious and creative community fundraising
programme, identifying new opportunities to engage individuals, groups,
schools, faith groups, sports clubs, volunteer fundraisers, and community
organisations.
 Maintain, develop and deliver a calendar of high-impact community
campaigns such as Time for Tea, that inspire participation, raise awareness of
the charity’s work, and generate sustainable income.
 Use insights and audience data to create tailored supporter journeys that
build long-term relationships, encourage repeat fundraising, and deepen
engagement.
 Harness audience data and insight to expand our fundraising reach,
increasing income in underserved areas of the region.
 Represent the charity at community events, delivering public talks,
stewarding key supporters, and raising awareness of WPCC’s work across
our region.
 Oversee the delivery of income and engagement targets, measuring impact,
evaluating outcomes, and embedding continuous improvement across all
community fundraising activity

Monitoring & Reporting
 Manage community fundraising income and expenditure budgets, ensuring
strong ROI and cost-effectiveness.
 Produce regular reports for senior leadership on performance, trends, and
forecasts.
 Ensure data is accurately recorded, monitored, and used to inform decisionmaking.

Team Management and Development
 Line manage and inspire team members.

 Provide support and guidance to the wider community and fundraising
team where appropriate.
 Set clear objectives, monitor performance and provide coaching and
development support.
 Foster a collaborative, motivated and high performing team culture.
 Uphold the commitment of the organisation to equality and diversity

Operational Delivery and Collaboration
 Ensure all community fundraising activities comply with legal, regulatory
and ethical standards (including Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Practice,
GDPR and charity law).
 Maintain high-quality supporter stewardship, using tools such as Raiser’s
Edge to monitor activity, analyse trends and report on outcomes.
 Take all reasonable steps to manage and promote a safe and healthy
working environment
 Work closely with the Cancer Support, Marketing, finance and Volunteer
teams to ensure joined-up messaging, delivery, and supporter experience.

Who you are
___________________________________________________
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Fundraising Manager who
shares our values to join Weston Park Cancer Charity’s busy charity team. Your role
will play a vital part of our Fundraising team and help us to deliver our vision: a better
life for those living with, and beyond, cancer in our region. You will lead on the
development of an effective community fundraising strategy, to drive forward the
charity’s ambitious plans for change and growth in line with the 3 year strategy.
About you:
 Values-led fundraiser – Ability to develop and drive impactful fundraising
strategies that grow and diversify community income streams.
 Strong People Management – Proven experience in leading, motivating, and
developing high-performing teams.
 Exceptional Relationship Building – Skilled at engaging a wide range of
supporters, volunteers, and local partners with authenticity and empathy.
 Results-Oriented – Track record of meeting or exceeding income targets
through innovative and supporter-focused campaigns.
 Passion for Purpose – Deep commitment to improving the lives of people
affected by cancer, with a strong understanding of community fundraising’s
role in that mission.

Closing date: Sunday 14th September @ 11.59pm
1st Interview Date: Wednesday 24th September
2nd Interview Date: Tuesday 30th September
Application format: Please send a CV and covering letter demonstrating that you
have read the job description / person specification and how
you meet the essential and (where relevant) desirable criteria
for this role. This can include skills, training, membership of
professional bodies and experience. The covering letter will
form a key part of the recruitment process and you should
demonstrate your suitability for the role in no more than two
pages.
Weston Park Cancer Charity is committed to promoting
equality of opportunity and values diversity of culture among
our staff. All applications are anonymised as part of the
selection process,

Evidence Officer

UK-Wide

£28,831 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

Ref: 34REC 

Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Base: Hybrid working from any UK-Wide hub 

About the role

We have a new and exciting opportunity to work with us as an Evidence Officer, working as part of the Strategy, Impact and Evidence team. 

Sustrans’ Strategy, Impact and Evidence team is a leading centre of excellence in active travel research, monitoring and evaluation and we are recruiting now. As an Evidence Officer, you will work on a range of behaviour change and infrastructure projects, providing monitoring, evaluation, and analytical support. The Strategy, Impact and Evidence teamplays an important part in supporting our vision by providing robust evidence on sustainable and active travel that ultimately influences and shapes policy, practice and behaviour across the UK.

Focusing on monitoring and evaluating the impact of infrastructure and behaviour change programmes, you will work on a range of projects around the UK and be involved in the planning, delivery, analysis and reporting of our monitoring and evaluation work. 

We offer true hybrid working, a flexible mix of working from home and occasional travel to a nearby office hub. There is minimal travel required in this role, however in the course of your work you may have to travel to one of the nominated hubs or project sites if required to do so. 

About you

You should have demonstrable quantitative and/or qualitative analytical skills, and be a competent Excel user or have working knowledge of statistical software, such as R.

As an excellent communicator in both oral and written forms, you will have with the ability to present data and findings clearly. You should also have the capability to find innovative and creative solutions to problems.

You will own some experience of project management as well as delivery of project monitoring and evaluation. You should also have some experience of working and communicating with suppliers, partners and/or clients. 

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. 

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Additional information

• Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 25 August 2025.
• Interviews will take place via MS Teams between the 2nd and 4th September 2025

About Sustrans

At Sustrans you'll be part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle. 

We're all here to change things! You’ll be part of an incredible community of talented, passionate, creative, problem solvers all working together to change things for the better. We act locally and think big - we have a vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You'll be questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world. You'll work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower you and you'll be rewarded by seeing the difference you make to people, communities and the planet. 

We believe including everyone is central to who we are and what we want to achieve, we welcome difference and pride ourselves on creating a culture where you can be yourself and where your wellness is supported. 

You'll be guaranteed to make friends for life and work with a team that is incredibly flexible, supportive, ethical and fun.

Job Title Director of Marketing and Communications

Reporting to Chief Executive

Working Hours 37.5 hour working week, 9:00 to 5:30 Monday to Friday to include some evening and weekend hours as required

Location Onsite at the Company office in Fitzrovia (currently 175/176 Tottenham Court Road) and surrounding local area as required to carry out the duties of the company. Flexibility for one day pw working from home.

Job Purpose

This role is a senior leadership team member and strategic lead for all corporate and consumer communications, member business engagement and marketing.

The relationship with our business community is essential to the success of The Fitzrovia Partnership (TFP) and the delivery of the organisation’s vision and it is a key part of our strategy to ensure that businesses are aware of us and the services and projects we deliver. As such you would be responsible for the delivery of member engagement.

You will lead the marketing and communications function and manage the Marcomms team, continually developing and implementing effective marketing and communications strategies clearly articulating TFP’s vision, aims, projects and services.

Finally, you will provide strategic oversight and development for:

· Member communication strategy including BID renewal communications

· Consumer communications and campaigns strategy

· Social, wellbeing, member event and training programmes

· All communications channels including newsletter, websites, social media

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Senior Leadership

· To play a role together with the CEO and the Director of Policy and Place in setting the overall vision of the organisation and ensuring delivery specifically in relation to the agreed business plan.

· Have a key role working closely with the Board and relevant sub-groups.

· To represent the organisation publicly as required, and step in for the CEO as required.

Member Engagement

· Driving, developing and ensuring implementation of the member engagement strategy.

· Ensuring effective account management contact with member businesses.

· Developing a detailed mid-term consultation and review.

• Overseeing market research and consultation such as surveys, customer questionnaires and focus groups to inform the development of plans, projects and services.

· Ensuring effective response management to enquiries from members (levy paying businesses) and stakeholders.

· Ensuring the company database is maintained as an accurate source of interactions with businesses and members, and is actively utilised to best effect.

· Ensure a programme of engagement is in place with the business community, charities and Not for Profit organisations to develop outreach projects including volunteer days and CSR activities for our business members.

Strategy and oversight

· Developing and ensuring implementation of an effective Marketing and Communications strategy aligned to business goals.

· Producing an Annual Marketing and Communications Plan to implement the strategy effectively communicating and supporting our vision, projects and services.

· Developing and ensuring implementation of communication, marketing and activity strategies to deliver the aspirations of new work streams.

· Continual building of insights from businesses on their specific needs and requirements.

· Advising the Senior Leadership Team on brand, campaigns and public engagement.

· Owning and developing key messages for all main programme streams.

· Owning the brand identities including their evolution and ensuring full brand guidelines are in place.  

Consumer Marketing

· Developing and ensuring implementation of an effective consumer communications strategy.

· Leading on development of collateral centring around the TFP website and social media.

· Oversight of consumer campaigns and ensuring effective evaluation and impact studies.

· Overall responsibility and accountability for the events programme including risk management governance.

· Experience of design and working with/commissioning designers.

Projects

· Developing, refreshing and ensuring implementation of project specific communications (new and existing).

· Providing creative input and Marcomms elements of new, placemaking and cultural projects.

· Identifying and securing brand-aligned sponsorships to enhance destination campaigns.

· Driving joint marketing with businesses, tourism and media partners.

· Structuring BID renewal communications based on insights gained throughout the BID term.

Communication and Marketing Channels and Collateral

· Ensuring production of high quality and effective collateral.

· Considering and where appropriate developing new communications channels.

· Ensuring TFP’s messaging is clear, effective, accurate and alive to different audiences and local and other sensitivities.

Team Leadership

· Leading and developing a high-performing, collaborative MarComms team

· Managing MarComms budgets, procurement, KPIs, forecasting and reporting to ensure best value and effective impact.

· To undertake such other duties commensurate with your position, and / or hours of work, as may reasonably be required.

Sustainability Statement
The Fitzrovia Partnership is committed to sustainable urban development across environmental, social and economic priorities. Our work supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focused on climate action, health and wellbeing, inclusive economic growth, responsible consumption and sustainable cities. All roles contribute to this commitment, whether through direct project delivery, partnership working, day-to-day operations or procuring services. Staff and contractors are expected to support our ambition to be a responsible and sustainable organisation, helping to improve outcomes for Fitzrovia and its communities.

Person Specification

- Strong and proven experience of developing, shaping and ensuring implementation of marketing and communications strategies.

- Experience in corporate and consumer marketing and communications.

- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of marketing and communication techniques and strategies, positioning and implementation of brand management identities.

- Degree-level or professional equivalent qualification in Marketing and/or Communications.

- Confident interpersonal and communication skills for face to face and remote interactions.

- Staff management and development experience gained first-hand.

- Evidence of leadership presence and contribution to an organisation.

- Exceptional personal planning, project management and organisational skills.

- Adept at independent working taking accountability for own and team’s workload and timely deliverables of work, along with the flexibility to adapt to change.

- Ability to communicate and work cohesively and collaboratively with a wider team and colleagues.

- A flexible approach, professional outlook and positive attitude is essential.

- Proficient in canva, media databases, CRM systems, social media management dashboards, web CMS.

- Ability themselves and to instill in others to work to tight deadlines whilst caring to ensure a high standard of work quality.

- Confident in managing stakeholders, suppliers and cross-functional teams.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 outlining your suitability and motivation for the role.

Closing date: August 31st 2025 at 12:00hrs

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please apply now. If you would like the opportunity to talk to our CEO ahead of applying please email us.

We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any questions, or any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the selection process then please contact us.

Be part of something transformational!
At Parkinson’s UK, we’re on a mission to drive groundbreaking change for people affected by Parkinson’s and we need a dynamic Trusts and Statutory Lead to help make it happen. If you can spot opportunities others miss, inspire a high-performing team, and secure game-changing funding, this is your chance to lead a pivotal income stream at a time of real growth and ambition.

About the role
We’re looking for an ambitious and strategic leader to take our Trusts and Statutory fundraising to the next level. As Trusts and Statutory Lead at Parkinson’s UK, you’ll drive the development and delivery of strategies that grow sustainable income and secure major grants for the charity’s most important priorities.

You’ll lead a talented team of nine (including four Managers), creating a culture of collaboration, creativity, and high performance. By inspiring your team and working closely with colleagues in the wider High Value function and across the charity, you’ll open new doors to funders, deepen existing relationships, and champion innovative approaches to securing transformational support.

This is a pivotal role in achieving our ambition to deliver a step change in income. You’ll be a visible and confident ambassador for Parkinson’s UK, engaging senior staff, trustees, and volunteers in building high-value partnerships that make a lasting difference for people affected by Parkinson’s.

What you’ll do

• Develop and deliver ambitious, evidence-based strategies to maximise income from trusts, foundations, and various statutory grantmakers.

• Oversee the cultivation of key funders and senior volunteers, unlocking networks and securing long-term, high-value support.

• Lead senior staff and volunteers in building relationships with trusts and statutory funders, identifying opportunities for growth and adopting fresh, innovative approaches to fundraising.

• Work across the charity to identify funding opportunities and ensure our programmes and projects are well-positioned for support.

• Create compelling, outcomes-driven funding proposals that clearly demonstrate impact and inspire transformational giving.
   

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience of trust and/or statutory fundraising at a strategic level

• Proven ability to identify and present compelling multi-year fundable proposals including complex project budgets and fundraising targets 

• Strong leadership skills including leading dispersed internal project teams towards clear goals, and to prioritise and communicate organisational updates

• Experience of successful line management, overseeing, mentoring and developing skills of team members 

• Experience managing an annual income budget (£1m+) including monitoring activity, performance and re-forecasting

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us.

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

Interviews for this role will be held in person at Parkinson’s UK Head Office in Central London on 18th September

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

• Do you have a passion for designing digital experiences that are inclusive, engaging, and driven by real user needs?
• Are you confident shaping product vision and leading design from discovery to delivery?
• Do you enjoy turning research, data, and user feedback into elegant and practical design solutions?
• Are you ready to use your skills to improve access to post 16 education through innovative digital platforms?

Then this could be the role for you.
 

Learning on Screen is looking for an experienced and creative Digital Product Design Lead to shape the design vision and user experience of our flagship platforms—Box of Broadcasts (BoB) and TRILT. Working closely with our CEO, Digital Development Lead and commercial team, you will lead end-to-end design across products, ensuring usability, accessibility and long-term value for educators and learners across the UK. You will combine product thinking with strong UX/UI design skills to create services that are user-first, research-informed, and strategically aligned.

Role Overview

Job title: Digital Product Design Lead
Salary: £41,600 (£52,000 FTE)
Hours: 28.8 hours/week (4 days, 0.8 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Remote
Reports to: CEO

What you will be doing

• Leading the design strategy and user experience for our flagship platforms
• Translating organisational and user needs into clear design requirements and user journeys
• Creating prototypes, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs using tools like Figma or Adobe XD
• Conducting user research, usability testing, and data analysis to guide decisions
• Collaborating with the Digital Development Lead to ensure designs are technically feasible and scalable
• Contributing to product planning and maintaining the design backlog
• Embedding accessibility (WCAG), design systems, and inclusive practices into all outputs
• Working across teams to align product delivery with organisational goals

What we are looking for

• Proven experience leading UX/UI design for digital platforms
• Strong understanding of user-centred design, accessibility, and inclusive digital practices
• Confidence working across the full product lifecycle—from discovery to delivery
• Visual design and prototyping skills using Figma, Adobe XD or similar
• Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues in agile teams
• Ability to balance user insight, technical feasibility, and business strategy
• Excellent communication, documentation, and storytelling skills
• Comfortable working independently in a remote-first environment

Bonus if you have:

• Experience designing for AWS-hosted or scalable platforms
• Familiarity with education, streaming, or licensing environments
• Understanding of the UK post-16 education landscape
• Experience in the charity or public sector
• Interest in audiovisual media and its educational potential

This is a brilliant opportunity to lead meaningful design work on platforms that power teaching, learning, and research—while working in a flexible and mission-driven organisation.

About us

Learning on Screen is a membership organisation that champions the use of moving image and sound in post-16 education. We give educators and learners access to millions of films, TV programmes and radio broadcasts—spanning over a century—and support our members to use this content confidently and creatively. From expert copyright advice to innovative partnerships, we help bring teaching to life and open up new possibilities for learning. If you're passionate about education, media, and meaningful impact, you’ll feel right at home here.

The Digital Inclusion Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Black Country’s vision - of creating a region where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can be active, move more, and enjoy sport - through maximising the use of digital connectivity to realise health, wellbeing and community benefits.

This role aims to increase a range of opportunities for local people to be active & move more, through implementing the Physical Activity Digital Inclusion strategy to address user needs, develop digital literacy and confidence through training and support, and collaborate with other sectors to create inclusive digital services and opportunities.

Main Duties

1.As the Digital Inclusion Manager, you will develop and manage an implementation plan which reflects the desired outcomes of Active Black Country’s Physical Activity Digital Strategy.

2.    Work with the place partners across the 4 Black Country local authority areas and Active Black Country to develop a comprehensive understanding of the digital landscape across the Black Country.

3. Develop effective working relationships with a breadth of partners and organisations to support integration across digital platforms and systems to connect, maximise resources and influence across the Black Country.

4. Be the lead advocate for the Black Country Moving digital platform as a resource for stakeholders and community organisations to promote opportunities for people to be active and access high quality CPD & training.

5. Work closely with Active Black Country’s Active Communities Strategic Lead to oversee the work of the Community Engagement Officers and work closely with partners to build capacity across community organisations to become confident and capable in using digital tools that make it easier for residents to access physical activity opportunities.

6. Sustain an inclusive and accessible open data Black Country Moving Platform that promotes a diverse range of activities, services, training and CPD.

7. Ensure the Black Country Moving platform remains accessible, user friendly and responsive to community and partners needs.

8. Co-ordinate and chair project steering group meetings and produce reports for partners and appropriate governance requirements. Including ABC Strategic investment Committee.

9. Working with the support of the ABC Strategic Lead for Impact, ensure monitoring, evaluation and learning is captured and applied to help us fulfil organisational and place ambitions.

10. Work with the Active Black Country Strategic Communications Lead to share case studies and good news stories.

11.  Under the Director of Partnerships manage the digital inclusion budget, ensuring accurate financial management and reporting.

12.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

13.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

14.  Adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

15.  To adhere to all relevant Active Black Country Limited policies and procedures at all times.

16.  Undertake such other duties as may be appropriate.

Person Specification

1. Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

2. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

3. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

4. Proven experience of leading digital projects, employment and skills programmes or related work and a willingness to maintain contemporary knowledge of digital trends.

5. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health, environmental & socio-economic outcomes.

6. Strong understanding of digital technologies (cloud platforms, data analytics, data integration, open data)

7. Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice, by supporting teams to ask effective questions, use data wisely, and apply learning practically.

8. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

9. Can effectively prioritise and set and meet objectives within deadlines and planned goals.

10.  Can demonstrate a quality of thought disseminating data, insight and trends translating it into meaningful action and decision making.

11.  Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

12.  A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.

Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Global Programmes Manager provides supervision and management support to Muslim Aid Country Offices and implementing partners ensuring the efficient and effective implementation of high-quality delivery of projects and programmes in line with organizational strategy, in compliance with donor expectations, governmental and international standards.

The role is responsible for technical and management advice and support to ensure Muslim Aid Country Offices and partners are implementing, monitoring and evaluating programme activities in compliance with Muslim Aid’s strategy and budget as well as recognised international standards.

In addition, other key responsibilities include building and expanding strategic partnerships, with donors and other development partners to increase the size, scope and quality of programmes implemented by the Country Offices to reach the poorest, marginalised and underserved populations. Regular travel will be required.

About the Role:

1. Implement our strategy by supporting Country Offices and partner organisations in programme development and delivery, and in impact measurement.
2. Support Country Offices (including affiliates) to reinforce our mission, vision, values and direction through clear and articulate communications.
3. Provide technical support in organisational development for the Country Offices, ensuring appropriate technical and management skills exist to effectively implement programmes and showing improvements over time in our organisational health checks.
4. Work closely with Country Offices and partners to strengthen our due diligence and compliance procedures and ensure their effective use in practice.
5. Ensure efficient use of allocated funds; agree budgets and plans for the Country Offices. Ensure financial management and Value for Money is central to the management and accountability of work undertaken by Country Offices and partners.
6. Ensure that the quality of our programmes and partnerships at all levels are of a high standard in delivering our promises and commitments.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Educated to degree level standard in international development or similar related field
2. Demonstrated experience in international development management including senior management and distance management.
3. Experience of building strong relationships at the highest levels with development partners.
4. Knowledge of SPHERE, CHS and DEC Accountability Framework priorities and other humanitarian/development
5. Excellent project management and facilitation skills.
6. Strong and well-developed analytical skills coupled with experience of writing quality proposals and reports

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as a Global Programmes Manager and take a leading role in driving the delivery of high-quality humanitarian and development programmes around the world. This is a dynamic opportunity to support and oversee our Country Offices and partners, ensuring effective implementation of impactful projects that align with our global strategy and meet international standards. You’ll provide critical technical and management support, help strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems, and foster strategic partnerships with donors and key stakeholders. If you're ready to make a global impact and support communities in need through sustainable, scalable programmes, apply now to be part of our mission.

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 Privilege days
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL) 
• Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV.

Could you be the impactful Programme Director we seek to lead, develop and oversee the delivery of the next stage of the Richmond Group Physical Activity Programme and We Are Undefeatable Campaign (WAU), with a budget of £8m?

This influential post is offered as a fixed-term contract ending March 2028. It will initially involve improving programme oversight and integrating the Physical Activity Programme and the We Are Undefeatable Campaign teams to enhance collaboration and ways of working. The Physical Activity Programme, a partnership with Sport England and the National Lottery, is entering an exciting new phase, which will focus on the evolution of We Are Undefeatable, from Above-The-Line to an 'always on' campaign, expanding our system influencing work, both nationally and at 'place' level, and building a powerful evidence base for how we can support the least active to move more

The role will have overall responsibility for the implementation of the strategic aims of the programme and ensure effective governance, budget oversight, and delivery of the system influencing work and WAU campaign. As Programme Director, you will extensively collaborate at leadership level with existing and new partnerships and stakeholders, parliamentarians and systems leaders to drive impactful interventions.

We operate a hybrid-working model and will require the post holder to be in our central London office a minimum of two days each week. Travel costs to our London office are not covered by the charity.

Please see role description for all responsibilities.

Essential criteria:

• Proven experience in programme management, ideally within the health sector or physical activity, in a fast-paced organisation Strong leadership and strategic planning skills.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and partnership management to influence change, increase collaboration and sustainability
• Working and leading partnerships, developing and maintaining strategic and professional networks
• Experience of managing externally funded restricted income programmes.
• Effectively leading, developing and managing large multi-million-pound programmes.
• Robust financial planning, monitoring and management expertise.
• Successfully leading change and shaping innovative approaches.
• Clear and concise communicator, with excellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills - able to effectively market and influence on behalf of Age UK and the Richmond Group with senior stakeholders.
• Developing and implementing a performance management strategy

Desirable criteria:

• A background in the health sector, sports science, or a related field.
• Experience working with government health initiatives or large-scale behaviour change campaigns.
• Knowledge of marketing and social media outreach strategies.
• Knowledge and experience of government reforms in relation to health sector and behaviour change.
• Understand the complexities of bringing about behaviour change.

What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation

Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments

Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

The purpose of the Health and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with health & care partners across the Black Country, including the NHS, Local Authorities and wider Integrated Care System partners.

The role will ensure physical activity & moving are fundamental to people’s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness to support the prevention agenda.

This role will play a critical part in reducing health inequalities, improving health outcomes, and embedding physical activity as a core component of health & care pathways & interventions alongside community wellbeing strategies. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within the Black Country and beyond.

Main Duties

1. Working closely with the health and care sector, operate as the lead advocate for the benefits that physical activity and movement can play in benefiting people with long-term health conditions and future prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

2. Develop understanding of the wider health and care system to influence the integration of physical activity into health & care pathways to support population health outcomes.

3. Establish effective relationships across local place-based health partnerships that develops understanding, listening and acting on the needs of local communities, working in close partnership with providers of activities and community services, to ensure residents will have equitable access to opportunities to be active and move more.

4. Identify and develop models of practice that provide easily accessible physical activity pathways, that can be delivered alongside routine care across health and care settings, that provide consistent quality assured models of delivery, trusted by health and care colleagues and offering better support for those communities in most need.

5. Taking a lead role in the physical inactivity workstream as part of the Black Country Personalisation & Prevention implementation plan to influence and ensure physical inactivity is embedded as a cross-cutting theme to address health inequalities.

6. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised ‘Place Based’ investment in the Black Country. 

7. Represent Black Country partners in regional and national conversations regarding physical activity & health promoting the Black Country as a place for national organisations to work in partnership and invest into.

8. Develop a ‘Prevention & Enablement’ model that can inform future approaches across the Black Country that can support delivery and coordination of community physical activity and health initiatives and opportunities for those living with long-term health conditions to be active and to engage in physical activity within their community in order to enable independence and to achieve wider outcomes.

9. Provide expert advice to senior leaders, boards, and external partners on best practices in physical activity promotion.

10.  Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice to inform decision-making and evaluate the impact of interventions.

11.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

12.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

13.  To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

14. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times.

15. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate.

Person Specification

Health:

 Experience of the health & social care sectors, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider determinants of health.

Contemporary expert knowledge of national health policy and strategic frameworks i.e. NHS 10 Year Plan.

Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health & socio-economic outcomes.

Place-based work:

Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities—particularly in roles involving community development, systems change, learning or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country.

Partnership and relationship building:

Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

Systems change understanding:

Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas.
Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change.

Impact and learning:

Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, community-driven settings.

Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of health and socio-economic outcomes.

Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice.

Equity and inclusion:

Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings.

Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity.

Communication:

Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

Initiative and adaptability:
A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.

Finance Systems Accountant (Unit 4 ERP)
Permanent appointment
Full time (34.5 hours)
Hybrid London/Home (see what this looks like in the advert text)
£54,000 - £60,000 per annum

Do you have the skills and technical experience to support our finance systems team to maintain and develop Unit 4 ERP?  If so, this could be the role for you.

About us 

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role

This role will be part of the finance system team acting as a finance system business expert, administering, supporting and developing Unit 4 ERP. The role will also be critical in the execution of key Finance Projects, including the migration to Unit 4’s Cloud and the implementation of Unit 4s Financial Planning and Analysis Tool.

The role will support finance users and the wider organisation to get the most out of Unit 4 ERP by ensuring the integrity of accounting data, compliance with finance controls, robust workflow management and report maintenance and development.

The role will also liaise with our technology department to resolve issues, assist with system integrations and support the finance-technology strategy.

Please note that this is a systems role working within our finance team and not a role as a financial accountant.

We are open to a conversation about hybrid working as the majority of the team work remotely, with face-to-face meetings at least quarterly, normally in our London office. 

About you

This role would be ideal for a Finance Systems expert who has led on Unit 4 ERP in their previous role(s).

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience and significant knowledge of Unit 4 ERP
• Knowledge and ability to support, maintain and develop Unit 4 ERP
• Understanding and the expertise in finance system implementation, migration to Cloud and upgrades.
• Experience and knowledge of Unit 4 FP&A tool is strongly desirable
• Experience of analysing finance business requirements to support the effective delivery of technical solutions
• Basic SQL skills are essential

Recruitment Process 

Application deadline: Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 23:59.

1st interviews w/c 1 September 2025.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.